Do you want more kids?

When we read Pippi’s recent post, “Goodbye Fertility,” her grief touched us deeply. This 37-year-old divorced mother of two children (who are 8 and 10) is in a committed relationship with a man who has two children of his own. And after much thought, they decided they neither of them wanted to have any [...]

My boyfriend just got a vasectomy. Now what?

A blogger whom we greatly admire has shared has shared a recent personal dilemma with us. For confidential reasons she isn’t comfortable posting on this topic.
Here’s what happened:
Our single mom blogger friend is seriously dating a divorced dad whom she describes as a “private person.” 
She does her best to respect his private nature — [...]

Are you less datable if you have more than one kid?

Some of you might have read the thoughtful piece on single moms by choice in yesterday’s New York Times Magazine.
We loved reading about the ways these single mom families intertwined: how they cooperated and took care of one another in ways that typically define “family.”
Of course,  we were most interested in how these single moms [...]